Emerging media from the borderlands of Jewish identity

TRANSCRIBING

So after hearing about “transcribing” things, honestly it sounded like a complete bore. But while I was doing my first transcription on Andy’s tape recordings from his travels, I have never been more entranced! Listening to his voice was one of the coolest most psychedelic experiences, on the whole hour CD I couldn’t get past more than 12 minutes because I had to pause it every few minutes and quote something! Everything he was saying I could relate to so much. Listening to him jump from one topic to the next with such ease, made me go through a series of emotions, getting this unusual almost nostalgic feeling. I couldn’t help but chuckle at so many parts about standing out as a “white tourist” or talking about Mill Valley like he was sitting right next to me kvetching about the same things I do!

Here are some of my favorite quotes from Andy so far:

6:49 minutes in, “I’ve been cruising a bicycle for the last few days and its fun getting right in the thick of the quagmire, the miasma, the congested flair of Kathmandu.”

Andy running a marathon, he developed a strong passion for running after he graduated Berkley

Reading this sent me into my own daze of my love for my beautiful green Peugot bicycle. Reminicing the dreamy bike rides I’ve had around towns, through hordes of people, and got me pondering about my own future cobblestone bike rides through rural foreign towns.

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In July 2010, we will be rolling out a multi-media exhibition about lost people, lost places, and the quest to reclaim lost memory. In preparation for this exhibit, we've invited 16 young Jews, ages 15 to 25, to blog.